Our Feelings DO Matter to God!

 

Our Feelings DO Matter to God!

Stop telling people things like, "When it comes to God's Word, YOUR FEELINGS DON'T MATTER." Why? Because to our Heavenly Father, our feelings DO matter:

If our feelings did not matter to God, He would NOT offer us His Holy Spirit, who is also referred to as our "COMFORTER"—and comforting addresses our FEELINGS.

If God did not care about our feelings, He would not offer HEALING—for our HURT FEELINGS.

If our feelings did not matter to God, He would not offer us His TRUTHS—for our CONFUSED FEELINGS.

You hear people say, "It's not about WHAT you say, it's about HOW you say it." While that is true for a lot of situations, that is not true for ALL situations. Sometimes, no matter how "kindly" you say a thing, your words can still hurt (doing more harm than actual good)—and telling someone that their "feelings do not matter," can really hurt.

For some, your true (humble and faith-filled) intentions are recognized: What you are trying to convey is that God's truth is God's truth, no matter what. That is righteous and true. However, God DOES care about our feelings, even those feelings that do not align with God's Word or His will . . . and that is part of WHY He provided for us His Holy Word in the first place—to provide correction to what we might FEEL is "right" and provide for us His TRUTHS, and to then provide comfort and healing regarding any FEELINGS that often times follow after we are corrected or are trying to turn our lives around to align with God's Word.

Instead of saying, "Your feelings don't matter," try saying the following: "How you feel matters to God and to me. However, how we feel does not justify our sins. How we feel does not change God's truths." Then, LOVINGLY, refer them to God's Word about whatever the matter is. Do all of this led by the Holy Spirit, of course.

Be careful how you speak to people. While one should never take how PEOPLE have treated them out on GOD, the reality is that people WILL and sometimes DO take how you—a proclaimed Christian and "representative of Jesus Christ" in their eyes—have treated them, out on God; sometimes, this pushes them away from Christ. So, be patient. Be loving. Be honest, but without being insensitive. Again, be loving. GOD cares about everyone's feelings, and so should we.

This is what God's Holy Spirit stopped me in my tracks to share. Glory to God.

I love you all, but God loves you BEST of all! May God bless you all!

In Obedience to My Heavenly Father,

All Glory to God,
Charrese Monique
Boldness & Virtue Ministries

 

Copyright 2021, Charrese Monique. All Rights Reserved.

Judging God's Messengers

 

Judging God's Messengers:

Stop judging people based on the titles and statuses they do and do not have, or do not have yet:

Paul was a murderer, and he specifically murdered Christians—but God chose Paul to become an Apostle!

In Paul's singleness—God used Paul to give instructions and advice on marriage!

David was not a giant—but God used David to slay Goliath, a giant!

Mary was a virgin—but God chose Mary to become pregnant (giving birth to our LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ)!

Moses was not good with words—but God called Moses to be a leader, to free God's people from slavery, and God also used Moses to deliver to us some of the most read and vital words in the world: the Ten Commandments!

Jesus Christ did not have MANY titles—but He instructs on ALL things!

Also, stop judging people by how they appear:

One day, I had someone not believe that the LORD had a warning for me to deliver to them . . . ONLY because of my physical appearance. The Holy Spirit let me know this. He actually had me to let this person know that they were judging me and also why they were doing so: They were speechless, clearly shocked that I knew this information [because of God]. However, they still did not receive what GOD was saying to them through me . . . because they were blinded by their judgments about ME. Not too long after that, when what God was trying to warn them about through me came to pass in their life, they returned to me in tears wanting answers. (Of course, God is loving and, humbly said, so am I. We dealt with their situation, led by God.) That has occurred in my life on other occasions as well.

I did NOT share that to make myself look good or holier than anybody—GOD IS ALWAYS TO BE GLORIFIED, I am just a vessel for Him. I am sharing this, as led by my Heavenly Father to do, to say the following:

SOME OF YOU ARE MISSING

*GOD'S MESSAGES*

BECAUSE YOU ARE

TOO BUSY JUDGING

*THE MESSENGERS*!

When someone is filled with the Holy Spirit—whether you believe it or not, whether you accept it or not—IT IS NOT THEM SPEAKING: The HOLY SPIRIT is speaking THROUGH that vessel!

19 But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; 20 for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

 

-Matthew 10:19-20

Because someone does not LOOK LIKE what YOU think they should look like—you judge, and you miss God's words.

Because you are too busy judging a person based on their PAST—you judge, and you miss God's words.

Because you will not HUMBLE YOURSELF to listen to someone whom YOU feel does not have the appropriate position or title (in YOUR mind) to be able to advise you—you judge, and you miss God's words.

Because you have allowed your mind to be swayed about a person based off of GOSSIP and NOT KNOWING A FULL TRUTH ABOUT A SITUATION OR PERSON—you judge, and you miss God's words.

The list goes on. The point remains the same: Stop judging the vessel—God uses whomever He desires. God does not need the approval of man to make decisions about whom He will or will not use or speak through!

God's Word tells us in 1 John 4:1 to test every spirit because not every spirit is sent from God. So, we SHOULD be seeking God about everything and everyone that comes our way. However, this is about your judging and not humbling yourself, and consequently, you missing God's warnings and even some of your blessings as a result of your judgments and lack of humility.

When you dismiss a person, mock them, laugh at them, or gossip about them, when all they have done is be a vessel for the LORD—it is YOU who misses out, not them, and it is YOU who will have to answer to the LORD. If you do not understand what someone is saying to you on God's behalf, or even why God chose them to speak through, do not mistreat them or be so quick to dismiss them: TAKE IT TO THE LORD IN PRAYER. After all, God and God's Word (line the message up with God's Word, the Holy Bible) have ALL of your answers. Choose to seek God, instead of choosing to be judgmental or evil.

I love you all, but God loves you BEST of all! May God bless you all!

In Obedience to My Heavenly Father,

All Glory to God,

Charrese Monique

Boldness & Virtue Ministries

Copyright 2021, Charrese Monique. All Rights Reserved.